Arizona State: Two-sport student-athlete competing for both the football and track and field teams... 2005 Outdoor: Second on the team in both the long jump and triple jump after joining the team late in the season...finished second in both events to score at the Double Dual...scored one point for the team at the Pac-10 Championships after finishing eighth with a leap of 8.12m (23-04.50)...also placed ninth at the conference meet in the triple jump with a mark of 14.99m (49-02.25)... 2005 Indoor: Did not compete... Football: Has become one of the top players on the team...versatile player at both tailback and wide receiver...finished the 2005 season ranked second on the team in both rushing (644 yards) and receiving (655 yards)...ran in six touchdowns, caught four and threw for one score as well...totaled 1,502 all-purpose yards.

High School: A 2003 graduate of Desert High School (Edwards, Calif.)...won the 2003 CIF state triple jump title and also finished third that year in the long jump...placed fourth at the state level in 2002...named DHS Male Athlete of the Year in 2002...DHS Sprinter of the Year (2001, 2002) and Jumper of the Year (2001, 2002)...track team's MVP three years in a row...regional co-field athlete of the year...is the CIF Southern Section Division XII long jump record holder (24-8.00)...lettered four times each in football and track and field...earned all-league honors in both sports all four years...also played basketball for two years...in football, was the 2002 CIF Southern Section Division XII Defensive Player of the Year...Kern County Player of the Year...All-CIF Southern Section First Team Defense (cornerback) and first team all-conference at wide receiver...also was first-team all-state Small School.

Personal: Majoring in digital art...parents are Rudy and Avery Burgess...one sibling, Devonn...born September 19, 1984, in Brooklyn, N.Y....hobbies include drawing and photography...full name is Rudolph Donnavon Burgess.